With the help of our neighbouring farmers, we have just completed our first ‘avena’ harvest.
We had arranged to have the field ploughed and sewn back in February; Enrique cut it last Wednesday and turned it two days later and today a really nice man called Antonio baled it for us!
We have managed to produce 187 bales of ‘avena’ (oats) at a cost of only €1.50 euro per bale, as opposed to €5.00 euros a bale if we have to buy it in! Fortunately, we now plenty of food for the Alpacas to see us through next winter.
Our only problem now is collecting the bales from the field and storing them somewhere dry! I am hoping that Nigel will bring his trailer over for a day, which will make life a lot easier.
We had arranged to have the field ploughed and sewn back in February; Enrique cut it last Wednesday and turned it two days later and today a really nice man called Antonio baled it for us!
We have managed to produce 187 bales of ‘avena’ (oats) at a cost of only €1.50 euro per bale, as opposed to €5.00 euros a bale if we have to buy it in! Fortunately, we now plenty of food for the Alpacas to see us through next winter.
Our only problem now is collecting the bales from the field and storing them somewhere dry! I am hoping that Nigel will bring his trailer over for a day, which will make life a lot easier.
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